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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, while casting her vote in a Lucknow school, said, “My party will do even better than 2007″. Mayawati expressed his confidence on Sunday that her party would win the 2012 elections and again form the government in Lucknow.
The fourth phase of polling in the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh polls is being organised today. As many as 17.2 million voters are eligible to elect their representatives spread across 56 constituencies in 11 districts, including state capital Lucknow.
Uttar Pradesh polls for Congress to improve its tally significantly in the next round of electoral battle, it is imperative that the party retains the gains it made in the Avadh region in the 2009 Lok Sabha election. Avadh region also houses the state capital, Lucknow. If the Mayawati government-sponsored resolution splitting Uttar Pradesh into four parts is anything to go by, Avadh would contain Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Farukkhabad, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Barabanki, Hardoi and Etawah distrcits, besides Lucknow
Riding on the support extended to it by Muslims, Kurmis and large sections of upper castes, and the…
Uttar Pradesh polls two leading ladies, Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress president Sonia Gandhi hitting the campaign trail today. Sonia will begin her campaign in Uttar Pradesh with rallies at Deoria and Gonda. Sonia’s rallies come just a day after the party released its election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh promising to develop the state’s neglected infrastructure, create more employment opportunities and provide reservation for the most backward sections of the society.
Rahul Gandhi, the Gandhi family scion, also resumes his campaign tomorrow. He will share the dais with Ajit Singh in Meerut tomorrow – the first joint rally of Congress and…
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday allegation on Congress and the Samajwadi Party of playing a game of reservation. it will be dangerous not only for UP, but for the country. he alleged that issue of reservation on religious grounds was being raised with an eye on Uttar Pradesh polls.
The BJP president said that when debate was held in the Parliament on the issue it was pointed that a constitutional amendment would be required to get it passed by two-thirds majority. Congress was not in a position to get it passed by two-third majority and SP lacked the strength.…
The BJP has alliance with Janwadi Party and decided to contest on 399 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls.The party has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party for which four seats have been left, BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi said that the party will launch two campaigns for the Assembly polls.
Seats which have been left for Janwadi Party, headed by Sanjay Singh Chauhan, include Madhuvan and Ghosi in Mau, Jakhania in Ghazipur and Atraulia in Azamgarh.